are there any good books written by a black person?
a girl from my class called me out for not knowing a single one
>>8160294
yes
>>8160294
there's a chart somewhere.
I see it every once in a while when these threads come up
Black person as in black american? A person from africa? What about a latin american that happens to have dark skin? What the fuck did she even mean?
the illiad
>>8160294
You didn't know a single one?
Did you know any in a relationship though?
>>8160294
cmon man
>>8160294
daily reminder that Balzac and Dumas were black
If you're looking for something by a black person that will make you look culturally aware too I would look into Fences.
>>8160294
If you want to look progressive in front of your little friends, pretend that you like Alice Walker.
Invisible Man is excellent. Junot Diaz is one of the funniest writers of modern lit.
>>8160300
Here you go. Also Miles Davis' autobiography is great if you're into music at all.
>>8160486
T-10 seconds until someone shows up and calls every book on this chart shit.
>>8160486
shit books
Ralph Ellison's The Invisible Man is essential anon lit. Basically a proto-anon.
Thomas Sowell.
It's non-fiction though.
Bonus points for making them upset that he's one of the traitorous Uncle Toms who didn't hop on LBJ's Democrat train.
>>8160294
>called me out
What does that even mean? I know its an American thing, but how does it work? Did she point her finger at you and said "This guy doesn't know any good... etc." loud enough so that everybody around could hear? Then everybody slowly turned towards you with a glacial stare while stony silence reigned the room, or something? How the fuck is one supposed to react to being "called out"?
Babel-17, by Samuel R Delany.
not only black, but a GAY BLACK POET SCIENCE-FICTION WRITER. suck it up, classroom bitch.
>>8160507
It's just Invisible Man. The Invisible Man is Wells' trashy horror novel.
>>8160667
It's a thriller more than a horror novel.
>>8160672
Your mother's a thriller more than a horror novel.
>>8160294
You should call her out for caring about something that should have zero bearing with regard to the quality of writing and make her realize that she's the racist.
>>8160696
She might have been your typical bullshit angry SJW identity politics peddler but if he couldn't even name one and he thinks himself a reader then it is a problem. It might not be a racist problem on his part, though.
Wadada (On The Road)
>>8160294
I guess it depends on where you classify Irish and Slavs on the white/not really white spectrum. Some Irish and Slavs are good writers but I would be upset if they moved into my neighborhood.
Ficciones
What percentage of books written by blacks are books about race?
Anyone else thank God every day that they're white, so they don't have to OBSESS over their "identity" (i.e., shit they're born with), like women and minorities do?
>>8160301
In the context of people, "black" is widely known to mean someone of subsaharan african stock; a negroid.
>>8160294
>hasn't even read the meme trilogy
>>8160526
No, it's just a basic social interaction where you say or reveal something which somebody else finds questionable and doesn't let slip. Maybe in a friendly way ("teasing", "busting balls"), maybe angrily ("criticizing", "chiding").
This is all covered in my pamphlet on autism, can I interest you a copy? I think you would it find it informative.
Zadie Smith stuff is good
>>8161050
t. American
>>8160294
>Maya Angelou
Activist, poet, black woman, come OP, you get 3 for 1. That one was easy.
>mfw I only know about her because of a Simpsons episode.
Dhalgren
Invisible Man
Brief History of Seven Killings
>>8161159
>A poetic tribute to Michael Jackson - Full text online at official site - >Poem and video at MTV (recited by Queen Latifah )
>Though we are many, each of us is achingly alone, piercingly alone.
>Only when we confess our confusion can we remember that he was a gift to us and we did have him.
>He came to us from the creator, trailing creativity in abundance.
>Despite the anguish, his life was sheathed in mother love, family love, and survived and did more than that.
>He thrived with passion and compassion, humor and style. We had him whether we know who he was or did not know, he was ours and we were his.
KNMFAI
>Poem and video at MTV (recited by Queen Latifah )
> poetic tribute to Michael Jackson
>No one has mentioned Baldwin
>>8161169
Yeah, I know, she sucked. But she was a black civil rights activist woman, enough to shut up those people that start to realize that I am way too /pol/
Its called hiding your power level
>>8161180
First stanza seems really bad.
I kind of like the oil wells line, but that's it.
>>8160294
Their Eyes We Watching God is a masterwork
>>8161049
Well yeah, that's what privilege is
>>8160486
would also recommend Miles Davis too
>>8160486
a raisin in the sun fucking sucks
marlon james
clr james
thiong'o
Chigozie Obioma
Alex Haley
>>8160486
This chart smells like drinking the koolaid
>>8160294
Don't bother. The opportunity cost of nigger literature is too high.
>all these losers who have never read The Souls of Black Folk, any Franz Fanon, Ben Okri, Amos Tutluona, etc
Plebbery beyond belief
>>8161085
Pamphlets are supposed to be free, so you'd better be ready to hook me up.
I hate that these threads get deleted so often, even between the trolling there are great suggestions.
Looking for recommendations on African or West Indian post-colonial angst, preferably with some edgy handwringing over violence.
>>8161050
Only in fucking United States. the rest of America has black people, and they don't consider themselves black but whatever their nationality is. Again, what the fuck does black mean? Put it in perspective.
>>8161325
Things Fall Apart? Frankly I'm surprised it hasn't been mentioned so far, considering it's extremely well known. Great book though.
>>8161302
Of course. My goal is to educate the public, not make a profit.
>>8161343
People say the character is boring and nothing interesting happens, how accurate is that?
>>8161358
that's a pleb opinion to have on any book. you could say that "it's boring" and "nothing happens" in virtually every modernist work.
>>8160626
Read Dhalgren instead.
Read some Thiong'o for a real good name drop
>>8161387
This, Wizard of the Crow was prettyfunnybut this is up for me soon and it looks pretty great
>>8161463
forgot pic
>>8160294
Snoop Dog.
Death and the King's Horseman. It's written by the first negro to win the Nobel Prize in Literature; he is from Nigeria.
Song of Solomon. It's written by a female American negro, and it won her the Nobel Prize in Literature.
>>8161325
Half of a Yellow Sun was quite good.
>>8161180
god she sucks
>>8161478
I disagree with your criterion.
>>8160294
Mike Tyson
I thought Jamaica Kincaid's Annie John was good.
>>8161515
Which half?
>>8161343
I think a lot of people assume African-American in these threads. I know that's where my head goes immediately as an American when I hear the word "black."
i don't know what the authors of most of the books i read look like, and i don't care
Call me a pleb, but A Brief History of Seven Killings (by Marlon James) was great.
>>8165224
plebI haven't read the book, I'm just doing what I'm told
Yes, but they're all written in hieroglyphs from before the white man destroyed their empires and enslaved them.
Does Alexandre Dumas count?
>>8160774
where are you from?
